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Our leaders play a key role in the development 
of our students’ learning.

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So it’s important we define what a Klein 
ISD leader looks like.

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Klein ISD leaders are crucial to student 
learning.

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And before we go too far here, it’s important 
to note we define a leader as anyone who 
leads someone.

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Students are leaders, teachers are leaders, 
and certainly, our building administrators 
are leaders.

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To that end, we spent the last few months 
working with the Holdsworth Center as one 
of only two districts in the state chosen 
to participate in their pre-pilot leadership 
program.

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Through this work, and with enormous feedback 
and thoughts from our community of learners, 
we developed our Profile of a Leader.

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A Klein ISD Leader is Student Focused, Relationship 
Driven, a Promise2Purpose Investor, and a 
Forever Learner.

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Each of these strands is further clarified, 
so I wanted you to hear from two of our current 
campus leaders to help us understand what 
it looks like to bring this guiding document 
to life.

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Join me in welcoming the proud principal 
of Klein Forest High School, Lance Alexander, 
and one of his assistant principals, Jason 
Bond.

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Greetings, guys!

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(Both) Thank you.

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(Bret) Alright, let's jump right in.

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So Lance, our Profile of a Leader states 
that we need to be student focused by relentlessly 
pursuing the success of every student. What 
does that look like at Klein Forest High 
School?

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(Lance) That looks like getting to know each 
kid on an individual basis.

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Where they come from, their parents, their 
neighborhoods, their interests.

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If we do that, it's easier to love them. 
Because we know where they're coming from.

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(Bret) Sure. So it's that notion we talk 
about that's in the district vision document.

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That knowing every student by name, strength 
and need.

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So then you build a plan around that. Is 
that kind of what you're talking about?

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(Lance) It's all about personal relationships.

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Positive personal relationships.

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(Bret) Positive personal relationships. Which 
actually goes right into another piece of 
our profile of a leader.

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That I'll be interested to hear about as 
well.

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Which is the idea of being relationship driven.

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And this idea of being unwaveringly committed 
to serving others.

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So Jason, what comes to mind when you hear 
that?

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(Jason) Relentlessly pursuing students. Knowledge 
of students.

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Their families, the community.

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Inviting them into the school. I know on 
the elementary level we have nurturing hearts.

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And on the middle school level, capturing 
kids' hearts.

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And we try to go ahead and continue forward 
with that.

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By greeting kids as they come to school.

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And getting to know them.

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(Bret) Alright. So there's this natural tie, 
then, between the idea of academic success 
and relationship building.

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You would certainly say those go hand in 
hand?

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(Lance) Yes sir. Kids have got to know you 
love them. They've got to expect you to reward 
them for the positives they do.

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(Bret) Yeah. We're a service business.

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(Lance) Service business. That's education. 
A life of service whether you're a teacher 
or an administrator.

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We're here to serve kids.

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(Bret) That's right. A life of service. I 
love that!

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I love that. And so, those are two of the 
strands we covered today. In the profile 
of a leader.

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There are a couple more and I invite everybody 
to take a look at the document.

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So you can see what it looks like. What defining 
our culture of leadership here in Klein ISD.

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Ultimately, it guides our work to ensure 
every student enters with a promise and exits 
with a purpose.

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And a quick update for those who watched 
90 Seconds last week and met the terrific 
student, Ian Tonroy.

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Ian won Best Actor at the Tommy Tune Awards 
Tuesday night.

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Congratulations, Ian! He's a shining example 
of Promise2Purpose.

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Positively shaping the lives of our students.

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Thanks, guys for being here. Appreciate you 
being here.

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Thank you guys for modeling profile of a 
leader every day.

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And with that, see everybody next week!

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